72 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



the acute, wedge-shaped base, upper leaves lanceolate serrate ; 

 spikes half -inch long in a leafless panicle, axillary and terminal ; 

 sepals slightly keeled, partly covering the fruit ; stamens five, pro- 

 jecting. Distribution, Europe and North America; habitat, waste 

 places. Flowers green, mealy ; September. 



3, C. anthelminticiim (Worm seed). A perennial, erect, leafy 

 plant, of a bright green colour and strong aromatic smell, two to 

 three feet high ; stem sparingly branched, angular and grooved ; 

 leaves ovate -oblong, two to three inches long, one inch wide, taper- 

 ing into petiole at base, acute, deeply sinuate-toothed, glandular ; 

 flowers clustered in little whorls along numerous slender, leafless 

 spikes, which form part of a branched, leafy panicle ; calyx-lobes 

 ovate, not keeled, enclosing the fruit ; stamens five, styles three 

 seeds rounded, dark-brown, shining. Distribution, United States 

 habitat, neglected ground, frequent. Flowers minute, yellowish 

 green ; August to October. 



II. BLITUM. 



Calyic three to Jive partite^ becoming Jleshy and covering the fruit; 

 stamens Jive; styles two. 



1. B. niaritimum. An annual, fleshy plant ; stem one to two 

 feet high, much branched ; leaves one to two inches long, succulent, 

 triangularly lanceolate, tapering to petiole at the base, sparingly, 

 but coarsely, toothed ; spikes axillary, shorter than the leaves, con- 

 sisting of a few dense heads, calyx fleshy. Distribution, New York ; 

 habitat, waysides near the sea, rare. Heads greenish, becoming 

 red ; August and September. 



III. SALICORNIA. 



Leajless seaside plants, with the minute Jloivers sunk in hollows of the 

 suceulent, jointed stem ; calyx bladder-like, stamens ono or two. 



1. S. amhigua (Samphire). Stem woody, procumbent, creeping 

 and rooting in the sand and among rocks ; branches six to ten 

 inches long, fleshy, cylindrical, jointed, erect or ascending, usually 

 nodding ; joints tapering at the base, dilated above, with two oppo- 

 site, blunt teeth ; flowers in threes, sunk in opi^osite pits on the 

 upper joints. Distribution, Turks Island and United States ; habi- 

 tat, sandy seashores and rocks usually below high -water mark, 

 common. Flowers obscure ; July to September. 



Nat ; Ord : 59. Arnarantacece. 



An order of plants closely allied to Ghempodiace<e, but the minute 

 flowers are imperfect and supported by dry membranous bracts, the 

 latter frequently coloured and permanent, for which reason some 

 species are prized in gardens under the name of everlasting flowers. 

 Amaranthm mclanchoUcm (Love lies bleeding) is a species which pro- 

 duces beautiful and varied foliage, and dense purple clusters of 

 flowers. Cclosia cristata (Cock's comb) is a remarkable annual, its 

 flowers form fantastic crimsou spikes. A West Indian species of 



